waaaaaaaaaaaht?!

shit!! this feeling is so intense, i just really need to blog about it.

i want something. totally cravin' for it.

problem is, can't. yep. such a painful word.

"can't have it!". DAMN!!!!!!!!

well, at least not YET, for now.

but oh! i really can't wait.

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Erap's Verdict

Contemplating on Sandiganbayan’s verdict regarding Erap’s plunder case makes me want to alter my outlook on the governance of the Republic of the Philippines. Now that they’ve announced the verdict, in which Erap’s been found guilty in his wrong-doing and is sentenced to reclusion perpetua or 40 years life imprisonment, quite gives me a significant feeling towards the administration of our country.

We’ve all learned about the grounds that result to a presidential impeachment, which includes 1.) Culpable violation of the constitution; 2.) Treason; 3.) Bribery; 4.) Graft and Corruption; 5.) Betrayal of Public Trust; and 6.) Other high crimes e.g. plunder, and I presume that no public officer of a government has ever resisted committing these grounds, except that they are still unnoticed. On former President Erap’s case, I don’t know how it resulted into being discovered but people these days are smarter. Except for a tiny problem. The Philippines is considered as one of the countries to be exercising a reactionary type of democratic governance, meaning it is marked by a favoring reaction, esp. extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change. Apart from this definition, I have my own way of defining this word “reactionary”. From its root word, “reaction”, which means a reverse movement or tendency, it clearly describes how the Philippines is being governed nowadays. Filipinos are fond of resolving things just right after a damage has been done. Why can’t we just think in a futuristic kind of way by figuring out results that would come out from a particular decision? That is what’s making Filipinos dumb. They can’t vote right. They’ve already seen the evidences that make a presidential candidate worthy for a vote, but still they end up choosing the wrong one. Now, I’m pitying Erap because, let’s face it, it is in fact the people’s fault that he’ll be suffering from a reclusion perpetua judgment because it is us who put him in his position and it is us who made him do unlawful things in the first place. There’s nothing really wrong about the first definition of the word reactionary, because it is acceptable for us Filipinos to be preserving a bit of our being conservative, but my own definition clearly makes sense. I just wish that in the next presidential election, people would vote for a more worthy person to be leading this country of ours. I exempt our being humans and that humans make mistakes, but I hope people will learn from their former mistakes. I personally know a lot of people who repeat their mistakes over and over again, but oh please, that’s already an act of being dumb. Let’s not be dumb, act dumb, and think dumb, shall we? Oh, did I mention people being smart earlier? Never mind.

I mentioned earlier that I have this positive outlook towards our government. The reason behind this is because of this verdict, I presume that public officials have already learned to keep their noses off of the government’s money and start on circumspecting their actions more eminently. They’re now better off avoiding committing crimes discreetly before the people and just paying attention on managing their governmental offices thinking what would best benefit the country and the people they are serving.

I agree, this event has been monumental in our history because for the very first time, a former president is be sentenced to a 40-year imprisonment. This is a big leap for the nation not just because it has shown how serious the government is in the fight against corruption, but it has also shown how it renders justice.

nax!!

after 32 years of NEU's existence, it has finally provided its cute students [ehem!] with internet facilities in its libraries in different colleges. so aside from this obsolete library set-up..

they have altered the libraries' semblance by adding 20 new computers with internet access to make our lives more easier. or least the other students'.. i haven't tried it out yet since a computer rarely gets vacated. but i heard it uses LINUX. they say its better than MICROSOFT. agree?? i'm clueless..

at least now we wouldn't have to face masusungit librarians when borrowing books. hehehe. good job. bravo NEU. sana aircon na next. hay sayang talaga. im now a graduating student, i won't be able to experience NEU's progress in the coming years after my graduation. sigh....

Let's have a little contest shall we. Below are three characters whose powers are quite similar. all of 'em uses the powers of sand. below are some information about them. after reading it, be my guest and judge who seems to be the coolest among the three. i'll pick my own choice at the end of this post.

First off, we have Crocodile or Mr. 0, who is a character in the animé, One Piece. he was one of the baddies who got their butts kicked by Luffy. Before he became one of the seven War Lords of the Seas (Shichibukai) his bounty was 81,000,000 berries (beli). He started a criminal organization called Baroque Works with the Billions, Millions, and Number Agents. He planned to take over Alabasta and get the ultimate weapon buried in its country, Pluton.

Crocodile had to get the name Mr. 0 due to the Baroque Works Code Name Policy and so only Ms. All Sunday (Nico Robin, Ms. Sunday), Igarum (Igarubpoi, Mr. 8, Egarum), and Vivi (Ms. Wednesday, Princess Nefertari Vivi) knew his true identity. Crocodile is a man who doesn't trust anyone, save anyone, or befriend anyone, not even the members of his organization. Crocodile is quick to punish anyone who fails to do their duties.

Crocodile has mastered his Devil Fruit ability, the Sand Sand Fruit (Suna Suna Fruit). He can turn any parts of his body into sand against anything. Although he has perfected his ability, he has a weakness, just like all Devil Fruit users. If his skin or clothes is touched by any liquid, he cannot become sand, but he can absorb any liquid with his right hand.

Crocodile was defeated by Luffy, who used his own blood to defeat Crocodile. Crocodile, as punishment for doing Baroque Works and trying to take over Alabasta, was stripped of his Shichibukai status and his bounty reinstated. Now, he is imprisoned by the world government.

Second, we have the Sandman, one of the baddies in Spiderman 3, who has the ability to transform into a malleable sand-like substance which can be hardened, dispersed, or shaped according to his will, something akin to a type of geokinesis limited to sand and small rock particles. Even if his body is blown apart, he is capable of reforming it. His striped shirt and cargo pants are both a part of his mass sand-like body. They are colored to appear as if he were wearing actual clothes.

In the comic books, he is mainly seen transforming his arms and hands into a sand mace or a sledgehammer to battle Spider-Man and his other enemies, but in the movie, we just saw him turn his self into a sand monster. He can merge with natural sand if it is in his direct vicinity like a beach or desert, thus he can manipulate normal sand like his normal body, add it to his physical size and strength, or use it to reform himself. Sandman has mental and physical control over every particle of sand in his body. His body seems to take the physical and chemical qualities of sand, as once he was mixed with cement ingredients and was turned into solid cement. Despite this weakness to cement, he remained alive like this but in a coma-like state, and returned to normal later. He possesses superhuman strength several times in excess of Spider-Man's, making him roughly equal to the Thing.

of course you know him! third's Gaara, a baddie in the naruto series. As the host of Shukaku, or the one-tailed beast, Gaara possesses the ability to manipulate sand at will, typically moving it through the air to serve various purposes. The amount of sand he can control at one time is fairly immense, as in Part II he is able to gather enough sand to cover Sunagakure as a shield. If sand is lacking in abundance, Gaara can use what little sand there is to break apart minerals in the ground to create more sand. While he can control any sand (assuming it isn't wet), ordinary sand requires that he exert more chakra to manipulate it, tiring him at a rapid rate. As a result, Gaara keeps his own chakra-enhanced sand with him at all times in a calabash gourd he carries on his back, though this gourd is itself made of sand. Because this sand is already infused with his chakra, Gaara has a great deal more control over it, enabling stronger and faster attacks with it.

In desperate situations, Gaara can take on the form of Shukaku by layering sand on his body, making him many times more powerful than he already is. Shukaku's personality grows more dominant during this transformation, increasing Gaara's homicidal tendencies. Once finished, Gaara assumes a human-sized version of Shukaku wherein he relies on his brute strength to destroy everything around him. While in this form Gaara can use Sand Shuriken or Sand Halberd to hurl sand-based forms of the weapons at an opponent. Shukaku also gives him the ability to utilize wind-based attacks such as Wind Release: Infinite Sand Cloud Great Breakthrough, which spews large amounts of sand from his mouth, devastating both the enemy and a large area around him.

If need be, Gaara can almost instantly create a life-sized version of Shukaku should the human-sized form fail. In this form, he remains deep within the Shukaku copy safe from harm though unable to move. Gaara can also unleash the spirit of Shukaku through his Feigning Sleep Technique, which forces him to sleep to allow the Shukaku copy to operate at its full potential. To do so, however, Gaara must emerge from within the copy, leaving him open to attack for the duration of the jutsu. While Gaara is initially dependent on waking independently or through someone else's intervention to regain control of his body, he begins to be able to suppress Shukaku by himself towards the end of the anime's filler arcs. By the time Part II begins, Gaara is even capable of using numerous Shukaku arms for attack without losing control of himself.

AND THE WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
among the three, i pick the sandman. why? well first, he's evidently the strongest among the three. since his body is made up exactly of sand particles, it makes it very easy for him to manipulate and control them. and unlike Crocodile, he doesn't get easily beaten with water or any liquid form. true, Gaara's able to create the best defense techniques in the anime series, but some of his opponents were able decipher his defense's weakness and was easily beaten off, but the sandman's, eerm sand is almost invulnerable to any physical attacks because of he is able to manipulate his sand particle's texture.
ayun lang nmn poh. hehe. kayo sino pinili nyo??